219th New Jersey Legislature

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219th New Jersey Legislature
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Overview
Legislative body New Jersey Legislature
Jurisdiction New Jersey, United States
TermJanuary 14, 2020 – January 11, 2022
New Jersey Senate
Members40
President Stephen Sweeney
Minority Leader Thomas Kean Jr.
Party control Democratic Party
New Jersey General Assembly
Members80
Speaker Craig Coughlin
Minority Leader Jon Bramnick
Party control Democratic Party

The 219th New Jersey Legislature began on January 14, 2020, following the 2019 elections for Assembly, and one special election for Senate. [1] It ended on January 11, 2022.

Contents

Background

Elections will be held in November 2019 for all 80 seats in the Assembly and one Senate seat. After Senator Jeff Van Drew resigned to join The United States House of Representatives Assemblyman Bob Andrzejczak was appointed to fill his seat, creating a special election to be held in November 2019. Cumberland County Republican Chairman Mike Testa, and former Assemblyman Sam Fiocchi announced their intentions to run for the republican nomination for senate in the 1st District. [2] In the Assembly, as of March 30, 2019, Assemblymen David Wolfe, Michael Patrick Carroll, and Assemblywomen Amy Handlin, Patricia Egan Jones have all announced their planned retirement from the Assembly. [3] During the June primaries 8th District Assemblyman Joe Howarth lost to former Burlington County Sheriff Jean Stanfield.[ citation needed ]

The Senate seat vacated by the September 2019 death of Anthony Bucco will be filled first by an interim appointment and then by a special election in 2020. [4]

Composition

Assembly

AffiliationMembers
  Democratic Party 52
  Republican Party 28
Total80

Senate

AffiliationMembers
  Democratic Party 25
  Republican Party 15
Total40

Leadership

Senate

Democratic LeadershipRepublican Leadership

Assembly

Democratic LeadershipRepublican Leadership

Members

Senate

The Senate has 40 members, one for each district. [5]

DistrictNamePartyResidenceFirst served
District 1 Mike Testa Rep Vineland 2019 ‡
District 2 Vincent J. Polistina Rep Egg Harbor Township 2021 †
District 3 Stephen Sweeney Dem West Deptford Township 2002
District 4 Fred H. Madden Dem Washington Township (Gloucester) 2004
District 5 Nilsa Cruz-Perez Dem Barrington 2014 †
District 6 James Beach Dem Voorhees Township 2009 †
District 7 Troy Singleton Dem Palmyra 2018
District 8 Dawn Marie Addiego Dem* Evesham Township 2010 †
District 9 Christopher J. Connors Rep Lacey Township 2008
District 10 James W. Holzapfel Rep Toms River 2012
District 11 Vin Gopal Dem Long Branch 2018
District 12 Samuel D. Thompson Rep Old Bridge Township 2012
District 13 Declan O'Scanlon Rep Little Silver 2018
District 14 Linda R. Greenstein Dem Plainsboro Township 2010 ‡
District 15 Shirley Turner Dem Lawrence Township (Mercer) 1998
District 16 Christopher "Kip" Bateman Rep Branchburg 2008
District 17 Bob Smith Dem Piscataway 2002
District 18 Patrick J. Diegnan Dem South Plainfield 2016 †
District 19 Joe Vitale Dem Woodbridge Township 1998
District 20 Joseph Cryan Dem Union Township (Union) 2018
District 21 Thomas Kean Jr. Rep Westfield 2003 †
District 22 Nicholas Scutari Dem Linden 2004
District 23 Michael J. Doherty Rep Washington Township (Warren) 2009 ‡
District 24 Steve Oroho Rep Franklin 2008
District 25 Anthony M. Bucco Rep Boonton Township 2019 †
District 26 Joseph Pennacchio Rep Montville 2008
District 27 Richard Codey Dem Roseland 1982
District 28 Ronald Rice Dem Newark 1986 ‡
District 29 Teresa Ruiz Dem2008
District 30 Robert Singer Rep Lakewood Township 1993 †
District 31 Sandra Bolden Cunningham Dem Jersey City 2007 †
District 32 Nicholas Sacco Dem North Bergen 1994
District 33 Brian P. Stack Dem Union City 2008
District 34 Nia Gill Dem Montclair 2002
District 35 Nellie Pou Dem North Haledon 2012
District 36 Paul Sarlo Dem Wood-Ridge 2003 †
District 37 VacantDemN/A
District 38 Joseph Lagana Dem Paramus 2018 †
District 39 Holly Schepisi Rep River Vale 2021 †
District 40 Kristin Corrado Rep Totowa 2017 †

Former members from this term

DistrictNamePartyResidenceFirst servedLeft officeCauseReplaced by
District 39 Gerald Cardinale Rep Demarest 1982February 20, 2021Death (brief illness) [6] Holly Schepisi
District 2 Chris A. Brown Rep Ventnor City 2018July 19, 2021Resigned to accept a position at the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs [7] Vincent J. Polistina
District 37 Loretta Weinberg Dem Teaneck 2005 †January 7, 2022Appointed to the Board of Directors of Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey [8] N/A1

† First appointed to the seat
‡ Elected in a special election
* Addiego had served as a Republican prior to 2019
1 Seat remained vacant for remainder of term

Assembly

The Assembly has 80 members, two for each district.

DistrictNamePartyResidenceFirst served
District 1 Antwan McClellan Rep Ocean City 2020
Erik Simonsen Rep Lower Township 2020
District 2 John Armato Dem Buena Vista Township 2018
Vince Mazzeo Dem Northfield 2014
District 3 John J. Burzichelli Dem Paulsboro 2002
Adam Taliaferro Dem Woolwich Township 2015 †
District 4 Paul Moriarty Dem Washington Township (Gloucester) 2006
Gabriela Mosquera Dem Gloucester Township 2012 †
District 5 Bill Moen Dem Camden 2020
William Spearman Dem2018 †
District 6 Louis Greenwald Dem Voorhees Township 1996
Pamela Rosen Lampitt Dem Cherry Hill 2006
District 7 Herb Conaway Dem Delran Township 1998
Carol A. Murphy Dem Mount Laurel 2018
District 8 Ryan Peters Rep Hainesport Township 2018
Jean Stanfield Rep Westampton 2020
District 9 DiAnne Gove Rep Long Beach Township 2009 †
Brian E. Rumpf Rep Little Egg Harbor 2003 †
District 10 John Catalano Rep Brick Township 2020
Gregory P. McGuckin Rep Toms River 2012
District 11 Joann Downey Dem Freehold Township 2016
Eric Houghtaling Dem Neptune Township 2016
District 12 Robert D. Clifton Rep Matawan 2012
Ronald S. Dancer Rep Plumsted Township 2002 †
District 13 Serena DiMaso Rep Holmdel Township 2018
Gerard Scharfenberger Rep Middletown Township 2020
District 14 Daniel R. Benson Dem Hamilton Township (Mercer) 2011 †
Wayne DeAngelo Dem2008
District 15 Verlina Reynolds-Jackson Dem Trenton 2018 †
Anthony Verrelli Dem Hopewell Township (Mercer) 2018 †
District 16 Roy Freiman Dem Hillsborough Township 2018
Andrew Zwicker Dem South Brunswick 2016
District 17 Joseph Danielsen Dem Franklin Township (Somerset) 2014 †
Joseph V. Egan Dem New Brunswick 2002
District 18 Robert Karabinchak Dem Edison 2016 †
Sterley Stanley Dem East Brunswick 2021 †
District 19 Craig Coughlin Dem Woodbridge Township 2010
Yvonne Lopez Dem Perth Amboy 2018
District 20 Jamel Holley Dem Roselle 2015 †
Annette Quijano Dem Elizabeth 2008 †
District 21 Jon Bramnick Rep Westfield 2003 †
Nancy Munoz Rep Summit 2009 †
District 22 Linda Carter Dem Plainfield 2018 †
James J. Kennedy Dem Rahway 2016
District 23 John DiMaio Rep Hackettstown 2009 †
Erik Peterson Rep Franklin Township (Hunterdon) 2009 †
District 24 Parker Space Rep Wantage Township 2013 †
Harold J. Wirths Rep Hardyston Township 2018
District 25 Brian Bergen Rep Denville 2020
Aura K. Dunn Rep Mendham Borough 2019 ‡
District 26 BettyLou DeCroce Rep Parsippany-Troy Hills 2012 †
Jay Webber Rep Morris Plains 2008
District 27 Mila Jasey Dem South Orange 2007 †
John F. McKeon Dem West Orange 2002
District 28 Ralph R. Caputo Dem* Bloomfield 2008*
Cleopatra Tucker Dem Newark 2008
District 29 Eliana Pintor Marin Dem2013 †
Shanique Speight Dem2018
District 30 Sean T. Kean Rep Wall Township 2012 ±
Ned Thomson Rep2017 †
District 31 Nicholas Chiaravalloti Dem Bayonne 2016
Angela V. McKnight Dem Jersey City 2016
District 32 Angelica M. Jimenez Dem West New York 2012
Pedro Mejia Dem Secaucus 2018 †
District 33 Annette Chaparro Dem Hoboken 2016
Raj Mukherji DemJersey City2014
District 34 Thomas P. Giblin Dem Montclair 2006
Britnee Timberlake Dem East Orange 2018 †
District 35 Shavonda E. Sumter Dem Paterson 2012
Benjie Wimberly Dem2012
District 36 Clinton Calabrese Dem Cliffside Park 2018 †
Gary Schaer Dem Passaic 2006
District 37 Valerie Huttle Dem Englewood 2006
Gordon M. Johnson Dem2002
District 38 Lisa Swain Dem Fair Lawn 2018 †
Chris Tully Dem Bergenfield 2018 †
District 39 Robert Auth Rep Old Tappan 2014
DeAnne DeFuccio Rep Upper Saddle River 2021 †
District 40 Christopher DePhillips Rep Wyckoff 2018
Kevin J. Rooney Rep2016 †

† First appointed to the seat
‡ Dunn was appointed to the seat in November 2019. The appointment expired at the conclusion of the 2018–19 term in January 2020. She was reappointed again in February 2020 after the start of the next term, and then won the seat in a special election in November 2020.
± Kean previously served in the Assembly from 2002–2008
* Caputo had served as a Republican during a previous stint in the Assembly from 1968–1972

Former members from this term

DistrictNamePartyResidenceFirst servedLeft officeCauseReplaced by
District 18 Nancy Pinkin Dem East Brunswick 2014December 31, 2020Elected Middlesex County Clerk [9] Sterley Stanley [10]
District 39 Holly Schepisi Rep River Vale 2012March 25, 2021Appointed to the District's Senate seat [11] DeAnne DeFuccio [12]

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